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Lafayette Elementary After-School Center is a child care center in Lancaster, Pennsylvania. It is certified by the state.
It is open Monday to Friday, 6:30 AM to 6:00 PM.
Pennsylvania Department of Human Services, Office of Child Development and Early Learning made 9 visits in the last 3 years and cited 23 rules across 7 of them. The visit list, in the state's words, is below.
Hours
| Monday | 6:30 AM to 6:00 PM |
|---|---|
| Tuesday | 6:30 AM to 6:00 PM |
| Wednesday | 6:30 AM to 6:00 PM |
| Thursday | 6:30 AM to 6:00 PM |
| Friday | 6:30 AM to 6:00 PM |
| Saturday | Not listed |
| SundayToday | Not listed |
Programs
| Ages | School-age childrenFrom the state license |
|---|---|
| Child care subsidy | Accepts state child care subsidiesFrom the state license |
Cost
Lafayette Elementary After-School Center has not listed its tuition.
State record
9 visits in the last 3 years · Last visit Jul 22, 2026: 1 rule cited
Rules cited on 7 of 9 visits · 23 rules in all · 22 corrected
For comparison: 93% of Pennsylvania daycares had at least one rule cited in the last 3 years; the typical daycare had 14.
A cited rule is what an inspector found on the day of a visit. It is not a rating of the daycare today.
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3270.124(a) Each child emergency contact person
“Child #1's emergency contact form was not present/available to the staff while at the pool (corrected during inspection).”
Correction date in the state record: Jul 22, 2026
3270.94(a)(1)/3270.94(a)(9) Every 60 days/Written record
“According to the logs on file at the time of inspection, fire drills were completed on 3/19/25 and then more than 60 days later on 6/24/25.”
Correction date in the state record: Aug 5, 2025
3270.113(a)(1) Staff assigned to specific children
“Staff persons #1, #2, and #3 were caring for a group of 25 school-age children. 24 of the children were accounted for in care groups. The staff later identified which child was not accounted for and acknowledged his "clip" had broken the day before. Staff persons #4 and #5 were caring for a group of 21 school-age children. Staff person #4 identified being responsible for 11 of the children. Staff person #5 was unable to identify which children were in their group. Staff person #6 was responsible for a group of 8 school-age children. A child was using the restroom, and the staff person was in the hallway (unable to see the remaining children in the care group).”
Correction date in the state record: Aug 5, 2025
3270.32(a) Comply with CPSL
“The DHS FBI clearance on file for staff person #1 expired 12/31/24, but was not updated until 2/4/25. The mandated reporter training on file for staff person #2 expired 2/14/25. An updated mandated reporter training was on file, but it was not for an accepted target audience.”
Correction date in the state record: Mar 11, 2025
3270.14/3270.21 Pertinent Laws & Regulations/General Health and Safety
“A tissue that was contaminated by human secretion was disposed of into a non-lidded trash can.”
Correction date in the state record: Mar 8, 2025
3270.31(f)(10) Health and Safety Training - Pediatric First Aid and CPR
“Staff person 2 did not compete professional development in pediatric first aid and pediatric cardiopulmonary resuscitation within 90 days of hire. The training was completed 115 days after start date.”
Correction date in the state record: Feb 20, 2025
3270.113(a)(1) Staff assigned to specific children
“Staff persons #1 and #2 were present with a group of 17 children. When each staff person identified which specific children they were each responsible for, one of the children was not accounted for. Staff person #1 accounted for 5 of the children, and staff person #2 accounted for 11 of the children.”
Correction date in the state record: Jan 28, 2025
3270.36(b)(5)/3270.192(2)(ii) HS/GED + 2 yrs/Exp, educ., training prior to facility
“Staff person #3 is serving as an assistant group supervisor at the facility. The staff person's file includes documentation of a high school education, but did not include documentation of 2 years of childcare experience.”
Correction date in the state record: Jan 1, 2025
3270.31(f)(10) Health and Safety Training - Pediatric First Aid and CPR
“Staff person #2 has not completed the following required pre-service training within 90 days of their date of hire (see LIS code sheet): Pediatric first aid and CPR”
Correction date in the state record: Jan 4, 2025
3270.151(c)(3)/3270.151(c)(5) Exam communicable disease/Physician/CRNP assessment
“Staff #2 - The staff health assessment form that was on file was not filled out (questions 1-3). The health assessment did not indicate if a health assessment was conducted, did not include results of an examination for communicable diseases, and did not include the physician's or CRNP's assessment of the person's suitability to provide child care.”
Correction date in the state record: Jan 2, 2025
3270.113(a)/3270.113(a)(1) Supervised at all times /Staff assigned to specific children
“At approximately 4:00pm on Tuesday, 12/17/24, staff persons #1 was caring for a group of school-age children. Child #1 was able to leave the group and get from the childcare room in the basement of the building, to the 2nd floor of the building where the child was found by school staff. The lapse in supervision is estimated to have lasted for 5-10 minutes. Staff person #1 was unaware of the child's absence until the child was returned to the room.”
Correction date in the state record: Jan 8, 2025
3270.14/3270.21 Pertinent Laws & Regulations/General Health and Safety
“Staff person #1 was caring for children unsupervised at the time of the supervision lapse. Staff person #1 has not completed the following pre-service training required prior to caring for children unsupervised: Pediatric first aid and CPR. Staff person #2 was caring for children unsupervised. Staff person #2 has not completed the following pre-service training required prior to caring for children unsupervised: Pediatric first aid and CPR”
Correction date in the state record: Jan 8, 2025
3270.113(a)/3270.113(a)(1) Supervised at all times /Staff assigned to specific children
“At approximately 4:00pm on Tuesday, 12/17/24, staff persons #1 was caring for a group of school-age children. Child #1 was able to leave the group and get from the childcare room in the basement of the building, to the 2nd floor of the building where the child was found by school staff. The lapse in supervision is estimated to have lasted for 5-10 minutes. Staff person #1 was unaware of the child's absence until the child was returned to the room.”
3270.113(a)/3270.113(a)(1) Supervised at all times /Staff assigned to specific children
“At approximately 4:00pm on Tuesday, 12/17/24, staff persons #1 was caring for a group of school-age children. Child #1 was able to leave the group and get from the childcare room in the basement of the building, to the 2nd floor of the building where the child was found by school staff. The lapse in supervision is estimated to have lasted for 5-10 minutes. Staff person #1 was unaware of the child's absence until the child was returned to the room.”
Correction date in the state record: Jan 10, 2025
3270.36(b)(5)/3270.192(2)(ii) HS/GED + 2 yrs/Exp, educ., training prior to facility
“Staff person #3 is serving as an assistant group supervisor at the facility. The staff person's file includes documentation of a high school education, but did not include documentation of 2 years of childcare experience.”
Correction date in the state record: Jan 1, 2025
3270.31(f)(10) Health and Safety Training - Pediatric First Aid and CPR
“Staff person #2 has not completed the following required pre-service training within 90 days of their date of hire (see LIS code sheet): Pediatric first aid and CPR”
Correction date in the state record: Jan 4, 2025
3270.151(c)(3)/3270.151(c)(5) Exam communicable disease/Physician/CRNP assessment
“Staff #2 - The staff health assessment form that was on file was not filled out (questions 1-3). The health assessment did not indicate if a health assessment was conducted, did not include results of an examination for communicable diseases, and did not include the physician's or CRNP's assessment of the person's suitability to provide child care.”
Correction date in the state record: Jan 2, 2025
3270.113(a)/3270.113(a)(1) Supervised at all times /Staff assigned to specific children
“At approximately 4:00pm on Tuesday, 12/17/24, staff persons #1 was caring for a group of school-age children. Child #1 was able to leave the group and get from the childcare room in the basement of the building, to the 2nd floor of the building where the child was found by school staff. The lapse in supervision is estimated to have lasted for 5-10 minutes. Staff person #1 was unaware of the child's absence until the child was returned to the room.”
Correction date in the state record: Jan 8, 2025
3270.14/3270.21 Pertinent Laws & Regulations/General Health and Safety
“Staff person #1 was caring for children unsupervised at the time of the supervision lapse. Staff person #1 has not completed the following pre-service training required prior to caring for children unsupervised: Pediatric first aid and CPR. Staff person #2 was caring for children unsupervised. Staff person #2 has not completed the following pre-service training required prior to caring for children unsupervised: Pediatric first aid and CPR”
Correction date in the state record: Jan 8, 2025
3270.113(a)/3270.113(a)(1) Supervised at all times /Staff assigned to specific children
“At approximately 4:00pm on Tuesday, 12/17/24, staff persons #1 was caring for a group of school-age children. Child #1 was able to leave the group and get from the childcare room in the basement of the building, to the 2nd floor of the building where the child was found by school staff. The lapse in supervision is estimated to have lasted for 5-10 minutes. Staff person #1 was unaware of the child's absence until the child was returned to the room.”
3270.113(a)/3270.113(a)(1) Supervised at all times /Staff assigned to specific children
“At approximately 4:00pm on Tuesday, 12/17/24, staff persons #1 was caring for a group of school-age children. Child #1 was able to leave the group and get from the childcare room in the basement of the building, to the 2nd floor of the building where the child was found by school staff. The lapse in supervision is estimated to have lasted for 5-10 minutes. Staff person #1 was unaware of the child's absence until the child was returned to the room.”
Correction date in the state record: Jan 10, 2025
3270.18(a) On file at facility
“The facility did not have a current copy of the liability insurance on file at the facility.”
Correction date in the state record: Mar 14, 2024
3270.14/3270.21 Pertinent Laws & Regulations/General Health and Safety
“Staff person 3 did not complete the required PA Health and Safety update within 90 days of hire. (CORRECTED ON SITE)”
Correction date in the state record: Mar 13, 2024
3270.183(a) Locked cabinet
“Child files were stored in an unlocked backpack. (CORRECTED ON SITE)”
Correction date in the state record: Mar 14, 2024
3270.171(c) Safe routes posted
“Written notification of safe routes were not posted at a conspicuous location in the child care facility. (CORRECTED ON SITE)”
Correction date in the state record: Mar 14, 2024
3270.151(a)/3270.151(c)(2) 12 months prior to service and every 24 months thereafter/Mantoux TB
“The health assessment and TB test results on file for staff person 1 were more than 12 months old at start date.”
Correction date in the state record: Mar 22, 2024
3270.124(e) Written emergency plan posted
“The written plan identifying the means of transporting a child to emergency care and staffing provisions in the event of an emergency was not displayed conspicuously in the child care space. (CORRECTED ON SITE)”
Correction date in the state record: Mar 14, 2024
3270.102(a) Clean and good repair
“A sensory table in the classroom was observed to have a missing screw (causing a leg to be loose).”
Correction date in the state record: Mar 14, 2024
3270.32(a) Comply with CPSL
“According to documentation on file at the time of inspection, staff person #2 began working in a child care position at the facility with incomplete clearance paperwork on file. The staff person resided in another state in the past 5 years. The staff person's record did not contain completed out of state clearance information as required under the CPSL and did not contain a copy of request for the required out of state clearances required for provisional hiring under the CPSL. According to documentation on file at the time of inspection, staff person #3 began working in a child care position at the facility with incomplete clearance paperwork on file. The staff person's record did not contain completed DHS FBI clearance as required under the CPSL and did not contain a copy of the completed request for the clearance as required for provisional hiring under the CPSL. The DHS FBI clearance was dated 17 days after the employees start date.”
Correction date in the state record: Mar 22, 2024
3270.27(d) Plan posted
“The emergency plan was not posted in conspicuous location. (CORRECTED ON SITE)”
Correction date in the state record: Mar 14, 2024
3270.192(5) Two written references
“The record for facility person #1 did not include two written, nonfamily references from individuals attesting to the person's suitability to serve as a facility person.”
Correction date in the state record: Oct 2, 2023
3270.123(a)(1) Amount of fee
“The agreement on file for child 1 did not specify the amount of the fee to be charged per day or per week.”
Correction date in the state record: Oct 2, 2023
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FAQ
Yes. Lafayette Elementary After-School Center is certified by the state and operating. This is how Pennsylvania authorizes this type of child care.
Pennsylvania Department of Human Services, Office of Child Development and Early Learning lists the most recent visit on July 22, 2026, with 1 rule cited. It lists 9 visits in the last 3 years.
Yes. Inspectors cited 23 rules across 7 of 9 visits in the last 3 years; 22 show a correction in the state record. For comparison: 93% of Pennsylvania daycares had at least one rule cited in the last 3 years; the typical daycare had 14. A cited rule is what an inspector found on the day of a visit. It is not a rating of the daycare today.
Yes. The state record says it accepts child care subsidies.
Monday to Friday, 6:30 AM to 6:00 PM. These are the hours on the state record. Holiday hours can differ.
It has not listed its tuition. Call (717) 392-2115 to ask.
(717) 392-2115.
1000 Fremont St, Lancaster, PA 17603. The nearest other daycare we list is Village of Love Learning Academy, 0.2 miles away.